Keystage 2

SAT Past Papers – KS2 Past Papers

First of all, Key Stage 2 SATs, taken at the end of Year 6 help alert teachers and the school to specific areas where support may be needed. The results are also scrutinised by Ofsted when they inspect schools to determine the consistency in performance and provide evidence of standards improving or declining.

What do the SATs measure?

As a result, the SAT’s test school pupils in the three core subjects. Plus:

Your pupils’ school success in teaching these core subjects (English, Maths and Science); and

Your child’s progress.

Therefore, the SATs are now carried out at the end of Key Stage 1 (Year 2) and Key Stage 2 (Year 6). In 2010 Key Stage 3 SATs were scrapped and have been replaced by formal teacher assessment in each of the National Curriculum subjects.

Similarly, it was confirmed on 14 September 2017, that Key Stage 1 SATs will be made non-statutory (schools will be able to choose whether they want to take it) in 2023. Until then all Year 2 pupils will be subject to these assessments.

No Science sample testing will be done in 2019. In selected years (like 2018), sample tests were done in some (about 1900) selected schools to a group thought to be representative of the (Year 6) population as a whole. In those years, papers consisted of:

Science

Biology: 25 minutes – 22 marks

Chemistry: 25 minutes – 22 marks

Physics: 25 minutes – 22 marks

New curriculum, new grading

In the summer of 2016, Year 2 and Year 6 pupils wrote the brand new SATs papers. These papers were based on the new National Curriculum in English and Mathematics. They also make use of new marking schemes and grading system.

The grading system for Key stage 2 SATs is based on scaled scores. As all Key stage 2 SATs are marked externally, these raw scores are converted to scaled scores. A scaled score of 100 shows a pupil has achieved the expected standard of the paper. A pupil with a scaled score of 99 would not have met the expected standard of the test.

The list of full KS 2 outcome codes are as follow:

AS: expected standard achieved

NS: expected standard not achieved

A: absent from one or more of the test papers

B: working below the level assessed by KS2 SATs

M: missed the test

T: working at the level of the tests but unable to access them (all or part of a test is not suitable for a pupil with particular special educational needs)

The range of scaled scores available for each KS2 test is also the same, this year and in future years:

80 – lowest possible scaled score

120 – highest possible scaled score

As of June 2020 there will be a new framework, namely the MTC (Multiplication Tables Check Assessment), that will become statutory. Schools can, however, start implementing it in this academic year for them to get to know the assessment framework. The MTC will be a multiplication tables check for all multiplication tables up to and including 12 x 12. This will be administered to Year 4 pupils.

Exam Preparation for all ages, all in one place.

School News

Temple Grafton CofE Primary School was awarded the first place in the Telegraph’s top 1000 primaries in the UK in 2016. Even though the school is very small, with only 111 learners in 2016, their SAT scores showed a 100% pass rate at the expected level. Furthermore, 46% of learners met the higher standard that year. According to the head teacher, Sarah Hendry, the success of the school is directly associated with a family feel in the classroom. Ms Hendry highlighted the highly committed staff and also the sense of community within the school. The school involves everyone; children, parents and teachers.

The school also believes in keeping a ‘balanced curriculum’, involving a wide range of extracurricular activities. These include the choir and drama productions. Ms Hendry also said: “It’s important to have that balance so the children can enjoy learning. We’re really motivated to ensure our children become independent learners. So they can think for themselves.”